A recent Travel Photography Workshop, hosted by Please Go Away™ Vacations and co-sponsored by The American Eagle Club of American State Bank, was a winner. It was presented by award winning photographer, and intrepid world traveler with Please Go Away™ Vacations, Ernie Lowden who, along with his wife Frances, traveled from Olathe to present the workshop.

The public is invited to observe a Vocal Masterclass forum from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9 in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel in the Fine Arts Building on the Barton Community College campus.

An unknown person entered a power substation of Midwest Energy at 530 NW 30 Road, cutting two locks, it was discovered Monday morning. A Sunflower Electric power station at 335 NW 50 Ave. was also broken into. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendier said nothing was taken, but the damage was reported to the Department of Homeland Security. "Transformer stations are part of the critical infrastructure," he explained.